Reproductive Health Psychology

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This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date theoretical andempirical background to the psychology of reproductive health. * Provides a life span perspective of the psychology ofreproductive health and its disorders, from menarche to menopauseand reproductive health in older age * Focuses on issues of the individual's reproductive healthexperience, including reproduction, pregnancy, maternity, andbirth, as well as conditions such as PMDD, dysmenorrhea, and eventsincluding pregnancy failure, and abortion * Acknowledges the wider social context with discussions ofpoverty, inequality, educational and economic status, age, andurban versus rural access * Addresses life style related factors, human rights to choice,information and access, fertility control and reproductive healthregulation and health care services * Illustrates topics with empirical data supported with tablesand figures

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Olga B. A. van den Akker

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"It is difficult not to appreciate the extensive work that hasgone into researching and compiling evidence for each chapter ofthis textbook to provide a concise, accessible and comprehensiveoverview. I thoroughly recommend this textbook to researchers inthis field - as the author's hard work has made it alot easier for the rest of us to grasp the evidence!." (Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 2012) This wide-ranging and well-researched book goes well beyond thetraditional confines of reproductive psychology. It expertlyinterweaves evidence on the biological, psychological, social andcultural factors that affect the reproductive development,behaviours, and decision-making of both women and men. As well asthe expected chapters on sexual development, pregnancy and birth,and artificial reproduction, it addresses sex and genderdevelopment across the lifespan, from childhood to old age;parenthood; and reproductive issues for under-represented groupssuch as homosexual men and women, intersex individuals, and thosewho are childless by choice. The book will be a valuable referencefor psychologists and sociologists, as well as midwives,gynaecologists and obstetricians, and indeed anyone with researchor clinical interests that intersect with reproduction and withgender. --Christina Lee, Professor of HealthPsychology, University of Queensland This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introductionto psychological aspects of reproductive health throughout thelifespan. Drawing on psychological theory and a wealth of empiricalresearch, the importance of psychological factors in reproductivehealth is clearly demonstrated, conceptualised within a broadlybio-psycho-social model. The coverage of a broad range of topics,from foetal growth to menopause, including adolescence,menstruation, contraception, abortion, fertility, pregnancy andpost-natal experience along the way, is a great strength. This bookwill become a key resource for health psychologists, nurses, andmedical students who wish to understand psychological aspects ofreproductive experience. --Jane M Ussher, Professor of Women'sHealth Psychology, University of Western Sydney and Author of'The Madness of Women: Myth and Experience'
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